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NFL back is good fun. Like football, a lot of the players, the clubs and colour feels like a nice community. They've delivered so far. Some very enjoyable games.
 
HappyGuus said:
I don't understand people who spend on rubbish toilet water coffees every day when they could be pouring gold from their own beans at home ☕
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Brother we are on the same page. I had a Rancilio Silva for 10 years and just upgraded to a Quick Mill Rubino. Cost me $3k but after using it for the past 3 months I think I got an absolute bargain.

'But you gotta have the beans Larry, gotta have the beans'.

 
Muz said:
Brother we are on the same page. I had a Rancilio Silva for 10 years and just upgraded to a Quick Mill Rubino. Cost me $3k but after using it for the past 3 months I think I got an absolute bargain.

'But you gotta have the beans Larry, gotta have the beans'.

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What beans are you on?
And my garden loves the waste grounds!
 
HappyGuus said:
What beans are you on?
And my garden loves the waste grounds!
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I get them from everywhere. Order them online, get them from cafes around the place, I know a roaster in the Gold Coast that imports and roasts his own. (He's a one man show.) There are roasters in Maclean and Suffolk Park that I stop into when I go to Brisbane.
 
JS96 said:
Just to quote American Psycho and absolutely NOT my opinion of you, mate.

How did a nitwit like you get so tasteful? :D

Let's see Paul Allen's view
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I don't know who Paul Allen is.
 
There's a few very nice coffee shops in my neighbourhood. There's one inparticular that has a really nice seating area where you can sit there, have a flat white or an espresso and watch the world go by......

The friendly young lady that owns or runs the place tells me that she's quite worried about her future in the business because it's getting harder and harder to get by. The price of coffee beans is about to spike significantly over the next year or so and other cost's are increasing rapidly too.

Meanwhile her takings are flat-lining...

It's certainly not the easiest business to make a quid in the current environment. Especially for the small independent cafe's.

It's been up and running for a few years and I'd hate to see it close down.
 
Thought I'd check it out....

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I have a giggle when my Chilean merican based biz colleague comes over here and marvels at the maccas coffee when to stop in desperation during our field trips ! hahaha
Maccas there have nothing like our McCafe's......
 
At home I've become the eternal lazy bugga, nespresso machine that amaze's me has lasted some 10/15yrs ! and I like the campos pods due to the many buying the brand whilst on the road I enjoy its flavour.
I'm no bean snob, as long as its smooth and good taste IDGAF - have at least 3 a day.
 
LFC said:
At home I've become the eternal lazy bugga, nespresso machine that amaze's me has lasted some 10/15yrs ! and I like the campos pods due to the many buying the brand whilst on the road I enjoy its flavour.
I'm no bean snob, as long as its smooth and good taste IDGAF - have at least 3 a day.
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3 a day?! No wonder you're all hyped up.

I'd have that many but it's too much milk. I make the little ones though rather than the big ones everyone else seems to get.

I'll never understand those giant cups. It's 500ml of coffee flavoured milk. Ugh. No wonder everyone is a fat bastard.

I'm a piccolo man.
 
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LFC said:
I have a giggle when my Chilean merican based biz colleague comes over here and marvels at the maccas coffee when to stop in desperation during our field trips ! hahaha
Maccas there have nothing like our McCafe's......
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What will likely happen is if smaller independent community coffee shops become unviable in terms of their vulnerability to escalating costs of the coffee beans, the big boys - McCafe, Starbucks, Coffee Club, Gloria Jeans etc who have significantly better buying power will just jump into their space...

Eg....Take Starbucks, a huge international business bulk buys its coffee by directly purchasing vast quantities of beans from coffee farms around the world, with a significant portion of the world's coffee supply passing through its sourcing network.

It's coffee is average at best but they have huge purchasing power which the little guy who takes his time and cares about the quality of his products won't be able to compete with.

It could quite well kill off the Australian cafe culture as we know it.....
 
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Muz said:
3 a day?! No wonder you're all hyped up.

I'd have that many but it's too much milk. I make the little ones though rather than the big ones everyone else seems to get.

I'll never understand those giant cups. It's 500ml of coffee flavoured milk. Ugh. No wonder everyone is a fat bastard.

I'm a piccolo man.
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hey - back at you I find your the hyped up one through some threads hahaha

I luv my caps man, small ones though not the next sizes up people get.
Plus IF we out to dinner and i'm on the pi$$ I can have a expresso/macchiato (piccolo are the kids man) or 2 washed down with a few ports as well LOL - I sleep like a baby might I add.
Think I'm pretty tuned to my intake - wog in me Muz, still only weigh on 80k :) skinny runt and yep very much on the GO with without caffiene haha
 
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Football us life said:
What will likely happen is if smaller independent community coffee shops become unviable in terms of their vulnerability to escalating costs of the coffee beans, the big boys - McCafe, Starbucks, Coffee Club, Gloria Jeans etc who have significantly better buying power will just jump into their space...

Eg....Take Starbucks, a huge international business bulk buys its coffee by directly purchasing vast quantities of beans from coffee farms around the world, with a significant portion of the world's coffee supply passing through its sourcing network.

It's coffee is average at best but they have huge purchasing power which the little guy who takes his time and cares about the quality of his products won't be able to compete with.

It could quite well kill off the Australian cafe culture as we know it.....
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Starbucks is dying/suffering mate, they have closed up heaps.
Its crap but mericans like crap.
The countless visits made to China - the stoopid young followers line up at starbucks - I shake my head purely cause its merican.
Can't recall I've ever had a gloria jeans and likely never will.
Coffee Club is very Qld based from memory - hardly see one in Syd/Melb.

Doubt the coffee culture will die here despite the price hikes.
Can't believe how many and how busy it is and people say doing it tuff.
A 20 here a 40 there for smashed avo etc

I have been frequenting the central coast of late - every single cafe is packed out.
 
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